Lawton Stables is a full service equestrian center located within Sea Pines offering a variety of services from trail rides to boarding. All ages and experience levels are welcome.

Activities require reservations except pony rides and the small animal farm. For information and reservations, call 843-671-2586.

Conference, Seminar and Group Rides:

Looking for an activity that can accomodate a large number of people? Invite your company, family reunion or other large group for a memorable experience at the Sea Pines Resort. Explore the 605-acre Sea Pines Forest Preserve on horseback - no previous riding experience is necessary. The trail winds at a leisurely pace beneath a canopy of moss covered oaks and Palmettos.

To complete your adventure enjoy a delicious Lowcountry boil under the shade of the trees. (Reservations required)

Birthday Parties!

Celebrate your child's next birthday party on the farm with all of their friends! Bring the birthday boy or girl to Lawton Stables for a picnic party and ride the ponies and visit our small animal farm.

You supply the party food and they supply the ponies.

A Tradition of Adventure

In January of 1867 Eliza Summers and Julia Benedict, both teachers in their early twenties, left New York bound for South Carolina. When they arrived on Hilton Head Island they settled on Lawton Plantation in what is now Sea Pines. At that time the Plantation consisted of the main house that doubled as a school house and 50 cabins for freed slaves. Eliza and Julia taught various skills that the freed slaves needed to lead productive and independant lives. The courageous ladies endured hardship, rattlesnakes, and mosquitoes during their adventure. Unfortunately, nothing of their plantation house remains, but the spirit of adventure that Eliza and Julia displayed still lives on at Lawton Stables.